680151, RE: Just re-watched it. Posted by ThaAnthology, Thu Jun-05-14 03:41 PM
>Man, I dunno, I still love it. Saw it in the theater when I >was probably 6 or 7 and loved it then too. > >And the training montages? The training montages?! The best. AGREED! Real Speed! lol > >Liked how they tackle Paulie's obvious racism: > >Paulie: C'mon Rock, let's get outta here. I don't like these >people. >Rock: Maybe they don't like you. >Paulie: ...What'd I ever do to them?! > >Classic Paulie! Exactly!! > >Also agree that a separate movie, from Clubber Lang's >perspective, would be cool. If you look a little bit closer >you can see past the bravado, he can be more than just the >villain. I'd be into seeing more of his motivation. *They did it for Appollo, should have done it for Lang. "Paper Champion!"> >I'd even say that Stallone turns in some of his better >performances in this one, though Talia Shire probably has some >of her worst (the slow-mo waving Rocky in on the beach made me >laugh).Agreed. I think it wouldhave been better if she stayed home and took care of their son. Speaking of which, the f' was he at? > >Thanks for making my Tuesday night PTP, wouldn't have thought >to watch this otherwise! > >PS Full disclosure: back in college me and my roommate would >throw on every Rocky movie in the background during finals to >power us through. To say I'm a little colored by nostalgia >would not be off base.
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